Welcome to Q-bank!

Q-bank offers descriptions of well characterized regulated plants pests. It comprises ecological, morphological, physiological, and sequence data of items that are available in physical collections of plantpathogenic bacteria, fungi, insects, nematodes, phytoplasmas, viruses and viroids, and invasive plants.

Q-bank serves as an identification and detection reference database for phytosanitary organizations: national plant protection organizations, general inspection bodies, and private laboratories. The descriptions of the items in the databases are an indispensable tool to identify and detect harmful quarantine organisms.

Q-bank comprises data of properly documented species and strains present in collections from which items can be obtained for further studies or use as controls in identification and detection tests.

Q-bank is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and by QBOL, an EU-project with partners from 20 countries including The Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Denmark and Italy.

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Q-bank has carefully compiled the information on this website. Q-bank however is not responsible for the correctness and completeness of the information supplied. Q-bank cannot be held liable for any damages that occur as a result of the use of this information. In addition, you cannot claim any rights in relation to this information. Q-bank is not responsible for the content of externally-linked web pages.